A Feisty One Named Ayame
Inuyasha sniffed the air. Damn it, he thought, where in seven hells could she be? They're usual game of hide and seek never took this long. His daughter was being sneaky and mischievous. He blamed it on Sango's and Miroku's children. They were constantly calling him doggy and trying to grab his ears. He was beginning to get frustrated and worried that something might have happened to his four year old daughter. Little did he know was that his daughter was currently leaping from tree to tree hiding from him.
He looked back to the hut to see Kagome and Sango talking to one another, but no Ayame. He should have found her by now. It irritated him to no end to not know where his daughter was. He hated the feeling that she could be out there and needing his help and protection and he couldn't find her. "Ayame!" with his yell Kagome and Sango looked over from their conversation. Kagome looked worried and looked around for Ayame before stopping. Sango stood beside her snickering quietly while Kagome began to look rather confused. Inuyasha had no idea what was going on with those two.
"DADDY!" a small voice yelled at the top of her lungs. He'd know his daughter's voice anywhere. Before he could even turn a small body knocked itself into the back of his head. He sighed. Ayame wasn't hurt. She was safe. She had simply been hiding all along. She wrapped her tiny legs around his neck and secured her place on top his shoulders. Meanwhile Sango and Kagome had broken out into loud laughter. He frowned. His daughter was getting to be such a trouble maker but then he thought about it and chuckled. His daughter took after him.
"You lost, Daddy. I won today."
"I wouldn't say that Ayame. You came out of hiding."
"But you called me."
"Yes, but normally people don't come out of hiding when they are called during the game."
Ayame made a small sound which sent Inuyasha into a panic because he knew what that sound meant. "Don't cry, Ayame. You won. You won. Ok. Don't cry."
Ayame immediately clapped her hands and began cheering that she had won. Kids, thought Inuyasha as he shook his head. He jumped a bit when he felt a sharp pain on his ear. He frowned. "Ayame, don't bite my ears. That hurts."
"But my teef hurt." She told him in her baby ways.
He pulled her off his shoulders where he could face her. "Open your mouth and show Daddy which ones hurt."
The dog eared four year-old opened her mouth wide and began pointing. "Dis one. And dis one." She said pointing to her canines.
"Hmmm," said Inuyasha as he touched his daughter's right tooth. The small girl whimpered at the pain, her eyes welling up with tears. "Ayame… Please don't cry, baby. I'm just trying to figure out why your teeth are hurting."
The little girl sniffled and rubbed her eyes. "But it hurt!" cried the little one as her father began to cradle his daughter.
He felt her forehead noticing she was a bit warm. He smiled down at his little princess. Her fangs were growing. It would be as uncomfortable for her as when she was teething. "Looks like my little Ayame is becoming a big girl now. You're fangs are coming in, baby girl."
"Imma have fangs?"
"Mmmhmm. Fangs like daddy has."
The little girl thought about this for a moment. "Can I bite Kazuko and Kazumi? They pulled my ears hard when we visited Sango and Miroku."
Inuyasha chuckled quietly. Of course that would be the first thing his daughter asked. Miroku's and Sango's twins were always trying to touch his ears so it made sense that they would pull Ayame's ears. He was tempted to say yes, but he could imagine the screaming that would incur because of Ayame's biting the two twins. He ruffled the little girl's hair as she was cradled in his arm. "We'll have to see about that later, Aya. I'm sure mommy wouldn't like you to bite the twins."
"Mommy never lets me do anything." The little girl pouted up at her father. He laughed and rocked the tiny girl. He'd definitely tell Kagome what Ayame said. His daughter definitely took after him. He wondered if it would be a good thing or a bad thing. "If they pull my ears again… I'm biting them."
He smirked down at that. "Deal, Aya. If they pull your ears again then you can bite them, but you have to tell them that if they pull ears what you will do so they'll have warning first." Yep, his daughter definitely was more like him than her mother. She had physical features of both parents. His ears, eye color, and hair color and Kagome's face, smile, and eye shape. It amazed him to no end at how much he could see both his and Kagome's features in Ayame. He wished that she had more of Kagome's personality traits than she did of his.
"My teef still hurt." He chuckled at the little girl's random comment. He thought about a way that he could ease his little girl's discomfort.
"I'll have to think of something that will help with that, Aya."
She looked up at him. "Mommy can make it better. Mommy makes all of our owies better."
He laughed. Ayame had clearly gotten her smarts from her mother because he hadn't even thought about if Kagome would know how to comfort Aya. "Ok, Ayame. Let's go see what mommy can do about my baby girl's fangs." He went to put her down and she immediately started fussing.
"Nooooo! You carry me!" said the small girl as she held onto her father's robe and gave a small whine knowing very well that her father would give into her.
He sighed in mock wariness. "You'll be the death of me, Aya, I swear."
The small girl merely looked up at her father and giggled. "You're not going anywhere, Daddy. I won't let you." Which caused her father to look down with a gentle smile. He was pretty sure that if she had her way she would do exactly as she said.
"Good thing I'm not going away for a very long time then."
"Yay! You can play with me forever and always." The little dog eared girl sang happily.
"Now what are my two favorite people doing?" asked Kagome.
Inuyasha smirked. "Well it seems that our little, Ayame, is becoming a big girl. Her fangs are growing. She says they bother her so… We came to see if you could fix her up."
Kagome smiled down at her silly little girl and husband. "Well… I'd say she's need to chew on something."
Inuyasha sighed. "Don't tell her that. She already tried to chew on my ears today."
"Really?"
"Really… I probably still have a bite mark. She has sharp teeth."
"Can I chew on Kazuko and Kazumi?"
Inuyasha roared with laughter as he looked at his wife's face. It was hilarious to see her so dumbstruck. It made him very proud that his daughter had been the one to make Kagome go silent and the best part was she couldn't even tell him to sit since he held their daughter in his arms.
"What's so funny, Inuyasha?"
"Your face." He panted between laughs. "Its completely priceless, Kagome!"
Kagome frowned at her laughing hyena of a husband and opened her mouth to say one specific word. She stopped when Inuyasha shifted Ayame in his arms. She wasn't going to tell him to sit when he held their daughter.
"Ayame… Look at mommy's face. Doesn't it look funny, baby girl?"
Ayame peeked up at her mother. She smiled before giggling. "Mommy's making funny faces like daddy does."
Kagome took Ayame from her father. "Wanna see something really funny, princess?" Inuyasha's ears immediately went flat as he looked at his smirking wife who now held their daughter who had been keeping him safe. "Sit boy." With that Inuyasha face planted into the ground listening to his daughter roar with laughter at the site.
"Can I do that to daddy too?"
"I don't know. You can try it and see."
Ayame looked down as her father looked up. She clapped her hands together. "Sit!" and once again Inuyasha crashed into the ground.
Kagome smirked. "Would you look at that… Ayame can do that too. I guess she gets that from me."
Inuyasha growled but was sent into the ground again once by his daughter who was laughing loudly.
"Ok baby girl. I think Daddy has had enough. What do you think?"
Inuyasha looked up quickly at his daughter. Oh he would get Kagome back for teaching their daughter this. The little girl clapped her hands once again and sent her father back into the ground.